More fun fishing.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Summer occupations:
the 6th (yes, 6th!) lug of peaches
In addition to fresh eating and the peach ice cream we'll make this evening, I've already canned 26 quarts of sliced peaches and 21 jars (of various sizes) of jam, but everyone decided that wasn't enough jam. So back to the store this morning for another lug!
And fishing
Husband and kids finally had a chance to go fishing -- the first this year. They had a fun evening and we had a great supper the next day.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
ERRRRRGH!!! I took several beautiful pictures on our nature walk this morning, intending to post them today. But when I attempted to download them, the camera seemed to jam up part way through and now isn't reading any picts. Hopefully Husband can fix it later. In the meantime, here are some spring picts of kids.
My beautiful girls on Mother's Day.
Son & Littlest playing drums for worship time.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Just returned from the dentist. They deep-cleaned the lower left back teeth, deep enough to require anesthetic. Then they pulled my upper left wisdom tooth. Wasn't too bad --tho not very fun right now with one side of my face numb, and trying to bite firmly on the gauze with my lower gums complaining loudly. M-I-L & Bug are determined that I will rest as much as I need so helping with kids and dinner. How blessed I am!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
School room (with the exception of two cabinets) is CLEAN!!!!!
Oh happy, happy, HAPPY day!!
My Lenten "fast" this year is decluttering, getting rid of all the nonessential extras crowding us out of our home and demanding so much time and energy to manage. MIL helped this week with clothes in storage. Today the kids helped with the school room.
AAAHHHH... I'm 10 pounds lighter!
Oh happy, happy, HAPPY day!!
My Lenten "fast" this year is decluttering, getting rid of all the nonessential extras crowding us out of our home and demanding so much time and energy to manage. MIL helped this week with clothes in storage. Today the kids helped with the school room.
AAAHHHH... I'm 10 pounds lighter!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Dear Friend,
Today, thanks to help from MIL & Husband, I got the piles of clothes packed into our storage room cleaned out. Half a van-load taken to Share & Care. I'm now down to 1 box of baby clothes, 1 box-girl, 1 box-boy, 1 box-jammies, and 1 basket-coats. Saving clothes for children spread out by 4 years -each- takes LOTS of room. Decided it was unnecessary and overwhelming. So just keeping the nicer, less-replaceable things now. Whew!!! What a wonderful relief to have that job done.
Trying hard to settle more into calling myself a Weaver. I love the curriculum --well, the idea of it anyway. Several times over the last two years since purchasing it, I get all determined to just go to it, by-the-book. Then, right at the point of beginning, I get all kinds of ideas for "improving" it. First, it was wanting to start at the beginning, with "Creation". The further I went trying to develop my own thing, the more I relied on Considering God's Creation, till I was mostly following it. Fine, but what about Weaver? Then prepared to go to it again and got all kinds of ideas for rearranging the topics. Took so much time, I lost track and did other things to sort of fill in the blank. Now about two-three weeks ago, I again felt convicted to get going on what God had led me to do (Weaver). Sat down to prepare and thought --hmmm, here we are 4-ish weeks away from Easter. What better time to do the month-long study on the life of Christ that I had previously planned to throw in throughout the year (in an effort not to spend all our time in the Old Testament). It follows the Weaver pattern using a Bible lesson to launch into Social Studies, Science, etc. My theme will be "Heroes", looking at who's the greatest Hero, examples of godly and worldly heroes, and how we can be true heroes. I think it will be tons of fun, very educational & enjoyable, and a timely preparation for Easter as we build toward Christ' death and resurrection. My only hesitation --it's not technically following Weaver!! When, oh when, will I be able to just open a curriculum and do it?!?
I've been thinking of you and praying for you. How are you?? Wish I could just run next door and say hi!!! Oh, what a beautiful dream that would be!
Love you, my friend.
Today, thanks to help from MIL & Husband, I got the piles of clothes packed into our storage room cleaned out. Half a van-load taken to Share & Care. I'm now down to 1 box of baby clothes, 1 box-girl, 1 box-boy, 1 box-jammies, and 1 basket-coats. Saving clothes for children spread out by 4 years -each- takes LOTS of room. Decided it was unnecessary and overwhelming. So just keeping the nicer, less-replaceable things now. Whew!!! What a wonderful relief to have that job done.
Trying hard to settle more into calling myself a Weaver. I love the curriculum --well, the idea of it anyway. Several times over the last two years since purchasing it, I get all determined to just go to it, by-the-book. Then, right at the point of beginning, I get all kinds of ideas for "improving" it. First, it was wanting to start at the beginning, with "Creation". The further I went trying to develop my own thing, the more I relied on Considering God's Creation, till I was mostly following it. Fine, but what about Weaver? Then prepared to go to it again and got all kinds of ideas for rearranging the topics. Took so much time, I lost track and did other things to sort of fill in the blank. Now about two-three weeks ago, I again felt convicted to get going on what God had led me to do (Weaver). Sat down to prepare and thought --hmmm, here we are 4-ish weeks away from Easter. What better time to do the month-long study on the life of Christ that I had previously planned to throw in throughout the year (in an effort not to spend all our time in the Old Testament). It follows the Weaver pattern using a Bible lesson to launch into Social Studies, Science, etc. My theme will be "Heroes", looking at who's the greatest Hero, examples of godly and worldly heroes, and how we can be true heroes. I think it will be tons of fun, very educational & enjoyable, and a timely preparation for Easter as we build toward Christ' death and resurrection. My only hesitation --it's not technically following Weaver!! When, oh when, will I be able to just open a curriculum and do it?!?
I've been thinking of you and praying for you. How are you?? Wish I could just run next door and say hi!!! Oh, what a beautiful dream that would be!
Love you, my friend.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dear Friend,
"Sniffle, snuff, snuffle-snuffle, snort." This is what I hear all day. No, it's not the dog. No, it's not crying. Just kids with head colds. Bubs (what we call Son -- Bee's shortened version of Brother Bear that just stuck) started first with a sore throat, quickly followed by runny nose. Then Bee, Bette, and we'll see about Bug. Not a bad one, but Bette kept me up most of Tuesday night and Husband was up with her about half of last night. Oh well, who needs sleep, anyway?!
Learning lately to notice and fight self-pity. I told Husband recently that I think the Bane of a woman's existence is not her monthly cycle, but rather self-pity! It so easily sneaks in and colors everything we think, do and are. I recently discovered that I have held years of bitterness against my children(!!) because some area of their personality made life difficult for me. --So when I talk about sleepless nights, I have to keep this to the forefront and remember, remember to "count it all joy when (I) face trials of many kinds" and be thankful. Amazing the help and hope God gives when we lean on Him in gratitude.
Gotta go make breakfast...
Love you
"Sniffle, snuff, snuffle-snuffle, snort." This is what I hear all day. No, it's not the dog. No, it's not crying. Just kids with head colds. Bubs (what we call Son -- Bee's shortened version of Brother Bear that just stuck) started first with a sore throat, quickly followed by runny nose. Then Bee, Bette, and we'll see about Bug. Not a bad one, but Bette kept me up most of Tuesday night and Husband was up with her about half of last night. Oh well, who needs sleep, anyway?!
Learning lately to notice and fight self-pity. I told Husband recently that I think the Bane of a woman's existence is not her monthly cycle, but rather self-pity! It so easily sneaks in and colors everything we think, do and are. I recently discovered that I have held years of bitterness against my children(!!) because some area of their personality made life difficult for me. --So when I talk about sleepless nights, I have to keep this to the forefront and remember, remember to "count it all joy when (I) face trials of many kinds" and be thankful. Amazing the help and hope God gives when we lean on Him in gratitude.
Gotta go make breakfast...
Love you
Sunday, February 21, 2010
My Dear Friend,
I've created this blog for you. I will write letters, post pictures & just generally try to keep closer even tho we are much too far apart.
Right now, I've taken all my free time just setting up the template. :) Husband (w/Bug and MIL) will be home soon from an overnight trip south to visit relatives. Son just came in from afternoon chores. Bee is pestering for attention, and Bette is everywhere looking for something scary to put in her mouth.
Love you -- and will write more later...
I've created this blog for you. I will write letters, post pictures & just generally try to keep closer even tho we are much too far apart.
Right now, I've taken all my free time just setting up the template. :) Husband (w/Bug and MIL) will be home soon from an overnight trip south to visit relatives. Son just came in from afternoon chores. Bee is pestering for attention, and Bette is everywhere looking for something scary to put in her mouth.
Love you -- and will write more later...
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